Oregon Daily FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4.1994 Local brewing tradition resurfaces at pubs Industry: Eugene now has four breweries with the opening of Fields Ben Moeblus OitflOfj Osuiy Linoiakt Cyclical patterns are an important part of life. They appear in the seasons, politics, history and the brewing industry. The brewing industry? Jim West, owner of West Bros. BBQ and Eugene City Brewery, said the current brew pub craze is only a repeat of a typical occurrence 100 years ago. “Early settlers built breweries everywhere," West said. “They were usually called city breweries. There was a Roseburg City Brewery, o Pori land City Brewery, on and on." The Eugene City Brewery was established in 1866, West said. In those days, it was too expensive to ship a heavy product like beer, so each town needed a brew pub. he said. "Beer was just as popular then, if not more so," ha said. "A town of any size would have its own brewery." Henry Welnhard was the last owner of the Eugene City Brewery before West. Weinhard bought the brewery to use it as a depot to sell Weinhard's beer in Eugene. West said. He needed the brewery as an icehouse. Ice was used both to store the beer and in the fermentation of lagers. West said. Weinhard closed the Turn to PUBS, Page 4A MICMAf l Vwamfnoau Floids Browpub, tho iwwMl of four local browortea, oflora lour kinds of homomado boor at Its 13th Avonuo location. Tbo grand opaning for FMds is Nov. 11. Ski resorts get ready for season openers Snow: Timberline ski resort will open this weekend Daniel West ■ Det-ty £ rrmr&U As the firsl snow has fallen. ski resorts .ire Hearing up for the* 1994 *»*i ski season throughout Oregon ! tit> Timherline ski area, near Portland, will open its lifts for skiers Friday. Resort officials report IH inches of snow at the lw.se Tho pro u of an all day tii ket is $22. Road conditions require traction devices for your trip to the mountain Fur more information, 5 before Nov 15 and SlliO after. And a mid week pass will cost will cost 5195 (>efore Nov 15 and $215 after Weather permitting. Ski Bowl might Torn to SKI, Page -tA ■ GOOD MORNING !► UNION. S C. (AP) — The mother who said a carjacker dumped her on a lonely road and drove olf with her two young sons m the back seat was arrest ed Thursday when the car was found in a lake with two bodies in it. Susan V. Smith, who had made teartul pleas on national television tor the boys' return, is in custody and will be charged with two counts ot murder, Union County Sheriff Howard Wells said. The nine-day search for 3 year-old Michael and 14-month old Alex, which stretched from Georgia to Seattle, ended where it began, in Lake John 0. Long near where Smith told police a gunman forced her from the car Oct. 25 and drove away with the boys Hundreds of volunteers from the small town tom by the disap pearances had combed the area Divers had searched the lake several times during the past few days, and police cordoned off the area Thursday. The identities of the bodies in ON THE TAP The most requested beer at each pub ■ Fields Restaurant and Brewpub - Kruna Golden Ale ■ Steel heed Brewery - Heleweizen ■ West Brothers BBQ - Honey Orange Wheat Ale ■ Eugene City Brewery - Honey Orange Wheat Ale ■ High Street Brewery and Cafe - Terminator Stout EMERALD the burgundy 1990 Ma^da would have to be confirmed through an autopsy, Wells said, and Smith was scheduled to be arraigned Friday. He would not take questions and did not discuss a possible motive Nor would he say how investigators were led to the lake where the car was found. Experts examine aspects of Simpson trial Abuse: Revealed evidence may hinder Simpson's chances of an impartial jury Lori Bettineski Oklity f mernnj Six expert panelists attempt wi to distinguish fni ts from fic tion in the infamous O.J Simpson murder trial during a special symposium Thursday afternoon sponsored by the School of Law, About 150 students, faculty and community members gath ered in the Ben Linder Room to hear what exjierts in the arms of law. journalism anil law enforce ment believe to be the most important aspects surrounding the Simpson trial. Associate law professor Car oline Foreil emphasized the importance of keeping the con text of the flit tape in mind, which clearly revealed Nicole Brown Simpson reporting to police that Simpson had beat ner. “’Hie whole domestic: violence WILSON CHANTmm*! Margie Pahs, an asalalant professor at the University's School of Law. speaks to a crowd of about 150 In the Ben Linder Room. angle of this trial didn't enter until after the 911 (all by Nicole wont public." Forell said. "If people hoar these tapes, they are going to believe that O.J. was an abuser and the truth is. he was. The question of why didn't she leave has been misrepresented because she did leave: she just couldn't get away from O.J. and the tape rtivimls this." Forell reminded the audience that although Simpson may not lx> guilty of murder, he is guilty of contributing to domestic vio lence — one of the most violent crimes in America. Two other punelists spoke Turn to SYMPOSIUM. Pago 4A